Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has told ET that the recent permissions given to industries to set up plants within two kilometres of River Regulatory Zones ( RRZ) are in accordance wi

The city’s 9,400 tonne of municipal solid waste, generated per day, can soon be diverted to the Kanjurmarg dumping site as the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has approved cha

Environment ministry bars expert appraisal panels from asking for additional studies midway through appraisal; eases land acquisition norms

Hopes that Tata Power Company will be able to soon enhance its thermal power production in the city are now in serious doubt with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) having ordered notices to be issu

Around 400 projects across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are awaiting appraisal for environment clearances since July since the regulatory body has remained non-functional for two months.

Maharashtra and Karnataka have admitted that they have violated the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986, on more than one occasion.

The National Green Tribunal today directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) not to appoint people as chairperson or members of the Expert Appraisal Committees who do not have experien

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for projects related to Infrastructure Development and Coastal Regulation Zone has stalled Kolkata Port Trust's efforts to obtain an environment clearance for t

PANAJI: The ministry of environment and forests has constituted the state-level environment impact assessment authority for three years with Pramod Pathak as chairman.

NAGPUR: Taking a cue from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the state government has decided to charge companies applying for environmental clearance.